Emperor Hirohito of Japan (front row, center), with officers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, on board battleship Musashi off Yokosuka Naval Base, upon her return to Japan with the remains of Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, who was killed when his plane was shot down over Bougainville Island two months earlier. On the front row, left-to-right from the 6th person: Osami Nagano, Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff; Kōichi Kido, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal; HIH Nobuhito, The Prince Takamatsu; HIM Emperor Shōwa (Hirohiro); Tsuneo Matsudaira, Imperial Household Minister; Shigetarō Shimada, Minister of the Navy; Mineichi Koga, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet; and Saburō Hyakutake, Grand Chamberlain.
Emperor Hirohito with his Aide-de-camps on the deck of Musashi on June 24, 1943
Emperor Hirohito.
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